Q: What was the geometry student looking for at the beach? / O. D& `# f! ]0 ?0 v" D3 o0 h6 l5 k1 `* S9 ]8 u
A: A tangent. 1 ?: Y6 J& t4 [9 C( i# Z, m7 I F& P3 D, L* j7 e9 P
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noun 7 J0 K% a$ k+ I) _+ V (geometry) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but does not cross it